POE 2 Game stuck in an infinite loading screen (with workaround)

Similar here, even returning to Clearfell Encampment on any new accounts triggers an infinite loading screen, need to literally close the game from Task Manager just to close the game and whenever we return in game this bug happens every two loading screens in average.

I've tried the following with no success

1. tried direct x11 and vulkan
2. reinstalled the game
3. used steam launcher rather than poe2 launcher and vice versa with fresh installs
4. deleted the config file
5. set the graphics to the minimum despite having a good computer game is unplayable
6. I've rebooted my system and checked for various system updates
7. the only way to shut the game down is ctrl+alt+del or to right click the game tab and select close Alt F4 does not work


Intel(R) Core(TM) i9-9900K CPU @ 3.60GHz (16 CPUs), 3.6GHz
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2080 SUPER
W10 Home 64-bit
16384MB RAM
DirectX 12

Played 350+ hours in the first month without problems, came back 2 days ago and i'm having this bug.

Needs to be fixed before anything else because it's a bug that makes us unable to play the game!

Is anyone still getting the Infinite Loading Screen in North America??? I tried a T2 map earlier today to check on Canada East, and it was fine, but I was too afraid to try a higher juiced map.

I guess we shall see tomorrow :)

happening to me after 1 week of not playing since dawn of the hunt launch on NA servers

Same here, except mine was in the Ultimatum trial. I'm on Xbox and this is the second time this has happened. I crash in the middle of an Ultimatum trial and then when I try to log back in it endlessly loads. The first time this happened there was an update that occurred 15-30 minutes afterwards which reset the server and then let me log back in. However, this morning my character is just stuck in limbo and I can't log back in.

Trying to log in today and running into this problem stuck at the Chimeral Wetlands screen with the gears just turning at the bottom. Will not load no matter how long i leave it. I'm also on the Xbox Series X. From above posts looking like i gotta wait until they do an update to reset server. Anybody able to confirm this or know of a work around? Really don't want to have to start a new character to play the game until then to get back to my level 60 character. Please help lol